When features writer Bridget Read started reporting today’s story, it seemed straightforward enough. Squatters had taken up residence in a mansion in Beverly Hills right near LeBron James’s. They were throwing constant parties, driving their wealthy neighbors bonkers. Then she found out about the house’s former owner and the reason it was empty in the first place. This story has it all: a fugitive doctor, an incensed group chat, a man who goes by the name Mr. Gucci, Damon Dash, parties to raise money for Burning Man, a smoking gun in the form of horse embryos. There’s no way not to enjoy it.
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